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Paperback/ebook preorders go live Wednesday, November 22 at Shutdown Fullbooks and elsewhere.

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Might as well share this part now: I’m going to give 100% of my preorder proceeds to the Trevor Project.

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Watch Grid: Covenant Eyes

Hello, hundreds of new subscribers, and thank you for joining. Here’s stuff about me, in case you’re unfamiliar. During college football season, this is mostly a sports newsletter. Outside of those months, it’s mostly not. Or it’s both.

Perhaps you’ve joined by way of college football media empire Split Zone Duo, my friends who are newly installed on Substack. This Saturday, I’m going to post along in their live game chat device thing over there, however that gadget might work.

ICYMI, I’ve been po...

Watch Grid: Now it actually begins

Brief writeup this week, with much other business going on!

We’ve reached November, when college football truly becomes itself. Time to read this Bill Connelly post again, and let’s note the 2023 season will have an especially festive finish, with so many top teams managing to avoid upsets so far. (Additionally, Mariah Carey has determined Christmas begins when November begins. Since Christmas doesn’t end until January 19, when the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James celebrates it, this means al...

Watch Grid: It just means more

We’ll watch all this stuff, but …

… the entire time, we’ll all keep talking about a team that isn’t playing. This weekend, one topic will star in tailgates and arguably unrelated game broadcasts across the country, including so many Halloween costumes in the crowds and GameDay signs (get it? signs?) in Salt Lake City.

That alone isn’t unprecedented. Shit, so far this year, the Deion Sanders phenomenon was briefly bigger than the rest of college football combined, in a way. And it’s happened in pre...

Watch Grid: Drive for 29.5

First, here’s a college football schedule:

Second, sign up for updates at Shutdown Fullbooks and buy my novel — OH NO IT’S THE PROMO ZONE! BETTER SCROLL DOWN! — once it’s available. We’re currently waiting to finish up this round of highly illustrious blurbs written by numerous magnificently attractive peers, since that’ll determine final cover art.

While we wait, I’ll once again insist you place high expectations upon this novel. Whether you like funny stories, heartbreaking stories, or illumina...

Watch Grid: Very busy evening

Look at this Saturday night log jam of decent-to-good activity:

Hello! I have a novel coming out asap!

People you respect have said it’s good, the cover art fucking rocks, it’s by far the best thing I’ve ever made, and I’ll share the evidence of all these things with you once it’s time. If it were not so, I would not have told you.

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Quite possibly the four best mid-major teams (on this website,...

Watch Grid: At least email still works

Thanks for reading email. Those of you pledging $ toward this Substack are greatly appreciated, but I won’t be touching that money.

I do, however, have a really good novel1 coming pretty soon, ICYMI. It’ll be available via Amazon, your local book shop, etc., but Shutdown Fullbooks subscribers will find out first, have the chance to tack on an exclusive or two, and so forth. Everyone who’s seen a version of the upcoming cover art has said some variation of “lmao perfect.” (Hint.)

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Watch Grid: It's always been a work

Sup.

This week on the Vacation Bible School Podcast’s Patreon feed, let’s talk near-death experiences. What’s science say? What’s the Bible say? Did I have one a month ago? Didn’t exactly intend to mine my medical history for content again, but it felt like the obvious topic. (Sorry for being so dramatic, hospital-wise, over the last year or so.)

There’s still time to join the thousands of folks who’ll get first-to-know updates from Shutdown Fullbooks. This week, my debut novel took a key step tow...

Watch Grid: Niche

Sup. I wrote something dope. For a long time, I thought it was only for certain readers, but several people smarter than me have said it’s for absolutely everyone. Who am I to argue? It’ll be at Shutdown Fullbooks and then everywhere else, too.

Institutions don’t usually become significantly more or less visible after a century of consistency, especially not overnight. Sure, lil tweaks like a College Football Playoff can add some TV attention, but generally, college football’s established level o...

Watch Grid: Broken and full of wonders

First, here’s some stuff you might scan past, since it’s mostly the same as last week.

Since I’ve been sharing the College Football Watch Grid for free each week over the last few years, some people have kindly asked how they can tip. Here’s the answer:

My debut novel is on its way, with orders hopefully available during football season. I’ll share much more ASAP, but for now, that math is: I send you 15+ weekend guides, and you order a ~$15 book that’d be worth it even if I hadn’t.

To be extra c...